When the Japanese officers and soldiers saw the puppet soldiers escaping, they turned their guns and fired at the puppet soldiers. The puppet soldiers were frightened and turned their guns to shoot at the Japanese officers and soldiers.
They were fighting and fleeing. Not long after, all the surviving puppet officers and soldiers ran into the Eighth Route Army's positions, and only the Japanese were left on the road.
At this time, there were less than 500 Japanese soldiers, and the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were not in a hurry to launch a charge. They advanced slowly, using firepower to continue killing the remaining Japanese troops on the road.
Among the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, there were many snipers from the special operations brigade, and they played a huge role. The commanders and machine gunners of the Japanese army were constantly eliminated, the number of Japanese troops was rapidly reduced, and their combat effectiveness became weaker and weaker. The Eighth Route Army took the opportunity to advance forward, and the encirclement became smaller and smaller.
Sang Mu commanded a large group of troops to surround Gaobeidian. He originally wanted to rush in and eliminate the Eighth Route Army inside. However, the resistance of the Eighth Route Army was very tenacious. They relied on buildings to repulse the Japanese attacks one after another.
Sang Mu was very angry and gave orders to his two captains, asking them to concentrate all their forces to launch a general attack.
At this moment, another telegram from the Japanese army for help arrived. The commander of the Sangmu Brigade was shocked and left two infantry squadrons to continue to surround Gaobeidian Town. He led the main force to reinforce the surrounded Japanese and puppet troops.
The leader of the Sangmu Brigade was marching with a large group of troops, but the troops in front suddenly stopped.
He was very angry and immediately ordered someone to find out the situation. Soon someone came over to report that they encountered a minefield laid by the Eighth Route Army ahead.
The leader of the Sangmu Brigade did not hear the explosion of the mines. He was very confused, so he went to the front to check in person, and saw many Japanese engineers lying on the ground, clearing mines.
Just as he was about to get angry, he saw many small flags planted on the road ahead, with the words "Beware of landmines" written on them.
Since he had not stepped on any landmines on the way here, it was obvious that these small flags had been put up not long ago. Sang Mu thought that the vanguard was too stupid. This was obviously an illusion set up by the Eighth Route Army in an attempt to delay the Japanese reinforcements. .
He felt that his group of guys were really stupid, so he roared and cursed: "Bageyalu, you idiots! There are no mines in front of you. Get up and move forward immediately!"
The Japanese engineers had been searching for a while, but indeed no landmines were found. Hearing the shouts of the brigade leader, they all felt very ashamed, thinking that they were really stupid, so they jumped up and ran forward.
At this moment, a violent explosion occurred, and six or seven Japanese officers and soldiers were blown to pieces on the spot.
"There are landmines, there really are landmines." The Japanese officers and soldiers suddenly stopped.
Sangmu ordered the troops to leave the road and avoid this minefield.
The Japanese officers and soldiers ran down the road one after another, only to step on a landmine again.
It turned out that the Eighth Route Army had laid a large number of landmines here. When the Japanese and puppet troops passed by, the reason why they did not explode was because the safety pins on the landmines had not yet been removed.
The special operations team members had been monitoring the Japanese troops from a distance. When they saw the Japanese troops passing by, they rushed over on flying horses and pulled out the safety pins on the mines. When the Japanese troops returned, they triggered the mines. explode.
Sangmu Jianyi originally thought that fighting against the Eighth Route Army would be very simple, but he never expected that the enemy would be so cunning. His originally inflated confidence began to weaken little by little.
Just when he felt a headache, several cavalry units of the Eighth Route Army came over on flying horses. Each team had a small number of cavalry, only a dozen people. When they arrived about 500 meters away from the Japanese army, they jumped off their horses. , set up mortars and fired artillery shells at the Japanese brigade.
The Japanese chief of staff felt something was wrong. The Eighth Route Army came to attack the airport twice, and he participated in the rescue. According to intelligence, Xu Dalong's troops were among the Eighth Route Army who fought against them.
Now that the battle has begun, he seems to see the shadow of Xu Dalong's troops again from the tactics and equipment used by the Eighth Route Army.
He sensed that the situation was not good, and immediately said to Sangmu Jianyi: "Your Majesty, Brigade Commander, something is wrong. What we are facing is not the local Eighth Route Army. There is a high possibility that it is Xu Dalong's unit from Shanxi."
Sangmu Jianyi has been working in the combat department of the North China Front and is relatively familiar with the situation of the North China Front. Xu Dalong's name was not unfamiliar to him at all. He knew very well that the Japanese troops in the Shanxi direction were no match for Xu Dalong. The Japanese troops in the Baoding and Shijiazhuang directions also suffered a lot from Xu Dalong's troops.
Although Sang Mu was arrogant, he did not think that his ability could surpass all the Japanese generals who were good at fighting and could deal with Xu Dalong.
The changes in the battlefield situation were completely beyond his expectation. The words of the chief of staff frightened him. He no longer had any thoughts of making any achievements, but just hoped to escape safely back to Baoding City.
He vowed that if he could survive this time, he would not be gilded here in Baoding, so he would find his brother-in-law and quickly transfer him out of this place.
Sangmu Jianyi was an extremely selfish person. At this moment, he just wanted to take his troops and escape back to Baoding City. He could not care about rescuing another group of Japanese and puppet troops, and gave the order to retreat in panic.
The Japanese chief of staff still maintained a certain degree of rationality. He believed that although the Eighth Route Army had laid mines, they would not be in large numbers and could not be laid over a large area. He ordered the troops to retreat 200 meters to the farmland next to the road, intending to bypass the minefield ahead.
This trick really worked, and I never stepped on a landmine again. After bypassing the minefield, they got on the road again and retreated along the road towards Baoding.
Unfortunately, it was too late for them to take such measures. Soon a large number of Eighth Route Army cavalry appeared in front. They stopped in front of the Japanese vanguard, set up machine guns to block their way, and then began to build defensive positions.
Sangmu Jianyi was completely panicked. He was just a staff member of an agency. How could he have experienced such a formation? He has become helpless and doesn't know what to do.
The chief of staff was very contemptuous of him. At this time, he could no longer take care of Sangmu Jianyi's face. He simply ignored Sangmu's existence and issued orders to the troops.
The chief of staff knew very well that their only way out now was to return to Baoding City as soon as possible, so he ordered the troops to launch a fierce attack on the Eighth Route Army blocking the way, hoping to break through the Eighth Route Army's defensive positions in one fell swoop.
To his great disappointment, the Eighth Route Army's firepower that blocked them was so powerful that the Japanese officers and soldiers simply could not charge forward.
The cavalry units of the Eighth Route Army rushed over one after another and joined the blocking ranks.
Sangmu Jianyi was completely stupid at this time, and even collapsed. He sat down on the ground, completely losing his role as a commander.
(End of chapter)
